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Welcome to Fountain Green ...

Fountain Green is located in Hancock County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fountain Green, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1832.

A typical abbreviation for Fountain Green: Fountain Grn.

Fountain Green is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Fountain Green lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Fountain Green ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Fountain Green - they are located in Maryland and Utah.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Fountain Green.

Communities near Fountain Green ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Fountain Green.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Fountain Green. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fountain Green.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Fountain Green. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Fountain Green.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Fountain Green. See our Newspapers Page for Fountain Green.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Fountain Green ...

Looking for more information about Fountain Green? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Fountain Green, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Fountain Green.

Adding Fountain Green to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fountain Green in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Fountain Green was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Fountain Green post office opened in 1832.

We also found Fountain Green in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fountain Green.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Hancock, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Fountain Green - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/